A COMPLETE Vocal Workout | Power, Range, Runs & Singing in Tune

Hey Saher Galt here and we're gonna do a complete vocal workout start expanding your range build up your power refine your tuning and sing a cool run as well as hit some other core fundamentals this is an introduction to my new vocal system v60 which is a 60-day complete vocal program it'll build up your vocal ability day by day alright let's get to it we're gonna start with the end sound this is a warm-up but it's also an important exercise for developing resonance throughout your range this will bring brilliance and a shimmering quality to your tone sounds like this focus on creating an intense buzz in the sinuses and when you hit the staccato x' make it crisp we don't want this instead put a fine point on it okay using as we retire but residents move up your face if you need to transition the head voice it's okay show you how to stay connected later on strive to keep the breath in us and even up here couple nine great now we're gonna sing a lip roll with a little bit of a Hootie sound this is a good way to get the voice feeling flexible and open and over time it'll expand your range now don't let this turn into unsupported mechanical buzzing of the lips that doesn't do anything you really need this to ring with tone and feel the body in it this is where the benefit is we're gonna do it on a single note sustain so you can focus on getting the technique right and nothing else it's that important here we go you we find your lips stop buzzing on their own try gathering your cheeks between thumb and forefinger make your lips protrude a little it's usually helps can also be thicker blowing too much air at the lips like you're saying the letter P but what we want is more like the letter B work to keep the pitch steady and the volume even as we're getting higher don't pinch these last few nice now we're gonna imitate the sound of a siren we're after a focused ringing that resonates powerfully in the head we're gonna move this both up and down from our starting point in both directions remain in this head voice don't transition out into a chest voice cultivating control and power in head voice over a vast swath of your range is a useful effect in its own right but is also the foundation for a fully connected voice in a general sense all right certain remain into toys even down here back up to where we started make sure pushing apart from being uncomfortable extra force doesn't help any stay relaxed let's sing fried EPS this will connect you to the lowest extension of your voice and introduce you to powerful aspects of vocalization showing you how to reduce unwanted breath enos and relaxed tension the basic gesture goes like this ah and that crumbly bit down at the bottom is what we call vocal fry' notice that we can connect to this as a kind of undertone beneath everything we do vocally even when speaking you can filter down to it or lead into words with it this not only gives us added control we can use to shade speaking and singing but connecting to the underlying mechanic shows us how to add texture and body to our tongue and can even help us get into high-nosed without slamming them so try it ah now connect to the fry only and notice that you can move the pitch around Oh try that okay and our exercise is gonna take us from chest voice proper slide us down into Fri and back again you're developing fluency with the technique and conditioning your vocal folds at the same time okay let's get to it you now back to where we started and we'll go lower and the range you you you you now for some flexibility work we're gonna sing a semitone trill on e i kiii e first make sure the interval is precise we don't want a lazy slide up and back down we want a flutter between two distinct notes also maintain a relaxed jaw position don't shatter it up and down if you start with a relatively tall position for your e you won't feel the need to lift to make space for the eye he'll also have the nice side benefit of training a more optimal shape for your evals rather than its sounding pinched and squeezed it'll sound open and free okay let's give it a go you you you keep the jaw relaxed and make swift decisive no changes this is a breath and dynamic control exercise take a breath in deep down into the belly keeping the shoulders relaxed then we're gonna sustain a note starting quietly with crescendo for three beats sustained at the top dynamic for three beads the day crescendo for three as you're doing this focus on evenness of pitch the sine wave that's acting as your reference will mercilessly reveal imprecision in the form of beating which is a slight warbling as the sine wave in your voice don't quite match up perfectly in terms of pitch which will sound like this ah here the warbling and this is right on pure ah that's what you're striving for but it can be challenging without training in this area the use of air and control of the vocal folds is imprecise which results in a subtly wavering pitch and as we introduced the dynamic shape will have a natural tendency to go sharp when getting louder and flat when getting quieter stay vigilant for that too at first avoid vibrato entirely so you can hear the beating then add it back once you feel like you've got the pitch Center right and finally this is probably obvious to you but listen to the drums for when to change states you'll hear the snare once when you've reached the top of the crescendo and you're meant to plateau and you'll hear it again once you're meant to begin your day crescendo of course also you'll have the reference of the synthesizer for the shape of your dynamic curve and also a pitch okay you know what to do here's your starting note breathe in sing little higher up big breath in here we go remember belly breath shoulders relaxed moving up you listen for the beating fight to keep it pure you Oh you you you last one at work on connection we're gonna say yeah with increasing levels of excitement yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah and this is actually a pretty good shorthand for what we need to have happen as we go up high so first try and mimic my progression also notice when we get to the top we're not shouting or screaming those notes just kind of taps into that silly place yeah okay now we're gonna put this on specific notes yeah yeah yeah in addition to the natural quality of rising excitement I want you to mirror the attack it's yeah is a little short I in front of the Y that's gonna help us get into the note without too much pressure and then we can open it up in the back to produce the AH vowel to let it ring and in general this foot-in-the-door gesture small attack then open to resonate is really useful for making your high range singing super reliable okay we're gonna sing the yeah on an octave leap here we go now we're gonna work on tuning by honing the intonation of the major scale not least of all because so many melodies are made up of bits and pieces of the scale itself but also the very act of refining intonation focusing deeply on pitch improves your ear and thereby your ability to sing in tune no matter the melody and we're gonna train singing against the sine wave to reveal even the slightest inconsistency in pitch and sing our numbers like this 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 and remember when we're singing with the sine wave we're listening for those beats a little warble that indicates were slightly off pitch now don't be satisfied with any scoops or bends at the outside of the note think the sound in your mind then sing it as straight as you can right out of the gates ok give it a sing you you and we're gonna sing it one more time get it even more precise here we go you once more but now it's a gap between the scale degrees you attempt the coming note in that space sustained until the sine wave comes in and check your tuning against it to and so on down the line okay sing one to three for five six serve if you found it difficult to sing that perfectly without any beating you're not alone most people do even trained singers at first but in v60 we work you through the most intense intonation training regimen there is you'll master every important scale interval court and refine your ear to a level of resolution that transcends what we need for Western music using tools and techniques that exist nowhere else okay moving on we're gonna practice singing a run with a little bit of style sliding into and back out of head voice goes like this did you catch it we went into head voice then transitioned back into the chest in slow motion Oh only the highest note transitions into head incredibly expressive and dripping with character but also a way to practice revealing the break for a fact while enhancing dexterity around it okay let's get the first three notes down in chest now the first three notes in chest then leaping up to the high note in head first three chests leap up the head then back down to just and now it's a bit of half step filigree at the end okay we're gonna practice this first with the keys then acapella then speeding up kick drum for tempo reference here we go and our capella speeding up a cappella a little faster acapella speeding up acapella speeding up acapella humor cycles like this final tempeh and acapella if you couldn't get all the way up to tempo in one go that's okay in v60 since it's a progressive series of workouts over the course of 60 days it's able to build you up gradually day by day and things you would have thought impossible it's beginning you'll be doing them by the end okay let's conclude with an application of one of the techniques we studied in the context of something that feels like a song which by the way is extraordinarily important at every stage in v60 we make the connection between the technique and exercises and their specific benefits uses and applications in a musical sentence simultaneously training an expertly capable voice and the artistically sophisticated use of it now back to the exercise we're gonna sing a crescendo decrescendo over a three note melody like this but leveraging our breath support to create this crescendo into a powerful sustain then and perhaps more challenging Lee his delicate and smooth day crescendo ever receding into the distance first with the keyboard only and now with the whole backing and once more okay that's it for this time and to continue our work in expanding your range building your power refining your intonation and singing fast runs pick up my new vocal program v60 link in the description thanks for watching I'm Saher Galt I'll see you next time you

Channel: Saher Galt

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Length: 28min 35sec (1715 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 28 2018

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